What is Hacker News Shortcut?

Hacker News Shortcut is a Chrome extension developed by https://xinglab.com, and its main feature is "Browse Hacker News with your keyboard!".

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Extension Usage Instructions

Version 1.7 details - 9/14/14
1, Kept up with HN changes - login link and "Next page" link on the first page

Version 1.6 details:
1, fixed bugs, improved stability
2, now fully support "Show HN" area
3, now fully support "Jobs" area
3, added the short key to go to "threads" area -

7/6/2014

Version 1.5 details:
1, bug fix: messed-up layout of "Show HN" 1st page

Version 1.4 details:
1, bug fix: key press conflicts on textareas

Version 1.3 details:
1, bug fix: key press conflict on "comment" page

Introduction:
Hackercut is a Chrome extension that powers full keyboard navigation of Hacker News(https://news.ycombinator.com).

The source code and a better formatted instruction page of this extension is on GitHub: https://github.com/zinanxing/Hackercut

After installing the extension, while on Hacker News website, press "?" key to bring up the instructions.

Features:

1, Arrow Navigation
Arrow Navigation is the most powerful feature of this extension, you can go through the story links using just your up/right arrow keys and open/vote up/view author/view comments as you like.

Press "Tab" to turn on arrow navigation mode, you should see a green arrow to the left of the first link: arrow

You can move the arrow up and down using your arrow keys, then you may choose to:

ctrl(⌘)+enter open current link in new tab
v vote it up
a select its submitter(which you can then use ctrl+enter to open in new tab)
c select its comments
arrow

And pressing "esc" key will turn off Arrow Navigation mode.

2, Page Switching
Switching pages with Hackercut is just one key press away:

right arrow key next page
n "newest" page
m "comments" page*
k "ask" page
j "jobs" page*
s "submit" page
h Hacker News front page
l "login" page

*arrow navigation does not work on "comments" and "jobs" pages at this moment.

I hope you can better enjoy Hacker News with Hackercut.

Extension Basic Information

Name	Hacker News Shortcut
ID	dmiimkldokblocpmleogaeohkbffnobo
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hacker-news-shortcut/dmiimkldokblocpmleogaeohkbffnobo
Description	Browse Hacker News with your keyboard!
File Size	54.89 KB
Installation Count	18
Current Version	1.7
Last Updated	2014-09-14
Publish Date	2014-09-14
Rating	5.00/5 Total 3 Ratings
Developer	https://xinglab.com
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	http://xinglab.com/hackercut-is-released/
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
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